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- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Belgrade [Coventry] (Q8417) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +525 Belgrade [Coventry] (Q8417) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1953-1958 by Coventry City Architect's Department. 858 seats. Named after Coventry's sister city Belgrade (Serbia). 2007 renovations., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Wales Millennium Centre [Cardiff] (Q18282) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +684 Wales Millennium Centre [Cardiff] (Q18282) Created claim: Note (P44): Arts centre, built by Percy Thomas Partnership. The complex contains three halls: Donald Gordon Theatre (1897 seats), BBC Hoddinott Hall (350 seats) and Weston Studio Theatre (250 seats). Donald Gordon Theatre and Weston Studio Theatre opened 26-28 Nov 2004, BBC Hoddinott Hall opened 22 Jan 2009., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre Royal and Opera House [Bury] (Q9708) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +826 Theatre Royal and Opera House [Bury] (Q9708) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by Frank Matcham. Opened 26 Dec 1889 as Theatre Royal and Opera House. 1919 auditorium modernisation by W. W. Longbottom. From 1933, used exclusively as a cinema. 1937 major exterior and interior rebuilding by C. R. Cooper and Chris H. Cooper. Re-opened as Royal Cinema (1310 seats). 1979 renamed Essoldo Cinema, 1980 renamed Classic Cinema. Various interior rebuildings. Closed 9 May 1985, subsequently demolished in favour of shops., #quicks... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 The Empire Theatre [Bristol] (Q9689) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +820 The Empire Theatre [Bristol] (Q9689) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by Oswald Cane Wylson and Charles Long. Opened 6 Nov 1893 as Empire Palace of Varieties (1433 seats). 1903 renamed Empire and Hippodrome Theatre, 1920 renamed Empire Theatre. 1931 converted into a cinema. Damaged by fire on 2 Feb 1951. Subsequently rebuilt and reopened as New Empire Theatre. Closed 21 Aug 1954. 1955-1962 used as a BBC radio studio, also known as BBC Theatre. Demolished 1963 in favour of a street enlargement., #quickstateme... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Brighton Dome [Brighton] (Q17910) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +814 Brighton Dome [Brighton] (Q17910) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1805 by William Porden as Royal stables and corn exchange. Domed hall converted into a concert hall in 1860. 1870 installation of a pipe organ by Henry Willis & Sons. 1935 rebuilding and new organ by Hill, Norman and Beard. 1974 venue of the Eurovision Song Contest (with ABBA's Waterloo winning). The complex includes three halls: Concert Hall (originally 2500 seats, now 1700 seats), Corn Exchange and Pavilion Theatre., #quickstatements; #t... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Octagon Theatre [Bolton] (Q9229) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +435 Octagon Theatre [Bolton] (Q9229) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1967 by Geoffrey Brooks. Opened 22 Nov 1967., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Winter Gardens Pavilion [Blackpool] (Q8176) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +543 Winter Gardens Pavilion [Blackpool] (Q8176) Created claim: Note (P44): Entertainment complex, built 1875-1939. The complex includes Opera House Theatre, Empress Ballroom, Arena, Olympia Hall, Floral Hall and several other halls., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Tower Ballroom [Blackpool] (Q8249) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +722 Tower Ballroom [Blackpool] (Q8249) Created claim: Note (P44): Entertainment complex, built by Maxwell & Tuke. Opened 14 May 1894. The complex includes an observation tower (inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris), an aquarium, a cafeteria, Tower Circus, the Tower Ballroom and roof gardens. - Tower Ballroom: Built 1899 by Frank Matcham. 1956 damaged by fire. Subsequently restored by Andrew Mazzei., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre Royal [Bath, UK] (Q8097) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +627 Theatre Royal [Bath, UK] (Q8097) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by George Dance the Younger and John Palmer. Opened 12 Oct 1805. Interior destroyed by fire in 1862, subsequently rebuilt by C. J. Phipps. 1892 alterations by C. J. Phipps. 1981 stage modernisation and auditorium renovation. 888 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Palace [Bath] (Q8201) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +771 Palace [Bath] (Q8201) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 1886 as Pavilion Music Hall. 1895 renamed Lyric Theatre, 1903 renamed Palace Theatre. 1930s interior alterations. 1955 converted into a ballroom, 1968 converted into a bingo hall with a small upstairs cinema. Closed 2014. Subsequently partly demolished in favour of a new entertainment complex (opened 2017), with the 1895 facade remaining and the theatre hall used as a casino., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Lyceum Theatre [Sheffield] (Q8230) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +592 Lyceum Theatre [Sheffield] (Q8230) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1897 by W. G. R. Sprague on the site of the former City Theatre (built 1893). Closed 1968. 1968-1972 used as a bingo hall. 1988-1990 major restoration. Reopened Dec 1990. 2014 renovations. 1068 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre Royal [Brighton] (Q8115) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +518 Theatre Royal [Brighton] (Q8115) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 27 June 1807 with William Shakespeare's Hamlet. 1854 rebuilding by Charles J. Phipps. 1927 auditorium enlargement. 952 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Browns Mart [Darwin] (Q16487) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +449 Browns Mart [Darwin] (Q16487) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1885 as a mining exchange. 1972 converted into a theatre., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre Row Building [New York City] (Q25750) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,023 Theatre Row Building [New York City] (Q25750) Created claim: Note (P44): Complex of five Off-Broadway theatres and a smaller studio theatre. Opened in the 1970s. 1999 rebuilding. The complex contains the following theatres: Acorn Theatre (199 seats) Samuel Beckett Theatre (99 seats) Harold Clurman Theatre (99 seats) Rodney Kirk Theatre (99 seats) Lion Theatre (99 seats) Studio Theatre (55 seats) After this project of replacing adult entertainment venues with theatres was succesful, more Off-Broadway theatres were ope... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Latin Quarter [New York City] (Q26751) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +916 Latin Quarter [New York City] (Q26751) Created claim: Note (P44): Nightclub, opened in the 1920 as Palais Royale with the Moulin Rouge in the basement. 1942 re-opened as Latin Quarter. 1969-1978 upstairs room used as a cinema (Cine Lido, 575 seats), from 1978 as a disco (22 Steps), from 1979 as a Broadway theatre (22 Steps, 1980 renamed Princess Theatre, 1984 renamed Latin Quarter). 1985 re-opened as nightclub Latin Quarter. Demolished 1989 in favour of a hotel. - [Subsequently, the nightclub first moved to 25... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:51, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Lyric Theatre [New York City] (Q11843) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +815 Lyric Theatre [New York City] (Q11843) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1996-1997 by Richard Blinder and Peter Kofman, using architectural elements from the Lyric Theatre (built 1903, demolished 1996) and the Apollo Theatre (built 1920, demolished 1996). Opened 26 Jan 1998 as Ford Center for the Performing Arts with a musical version of E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime. 2005 renamed Hilton Theatre, 2010 renamed Foxwoods Theatre, 2014 renamed Lyric Theatre. Used for musical performances. 1622 seats., #quickstatements; #... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Minskoff Theatre [New York City] (Q27601) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +779 Minskoff Theatre [New York City] (Q27601) Created claim: Note (P44): Theatre on the third floor of One Astor Plaza, built by Kahn and Jacobs. Opened 13 March 1973 with Harry Tierney's musical Irene. Named in honour of Sam Minskoff and Sons (Henry H. Minskoff, Jerome Minskoff, Myron Minskoff, and Leo Minskoff), the builders and owners of the high-rise building. 1621 seats. Used for broadway musicals, including Sunset Boulevard and (since 2006) The Lion King., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Olympia Theatre [New York City] (Q26134) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +746 Olympia Theatre [New York City] (Q26134) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 23 Nov 1895. Later renamed New York Theatre and Loew's New York. 1935 rebuilding by Thomas W. Lamb and Eugene DeRosa, converting the complex to the nightclub International Casino and the cinema Criterion Theatre. 1988 Criterion Theatre converted into a theatre proper and renamed Criterion Center Stage Right. 2000 the whole complex was to a toys shop., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Paramount Theatre [New York City] (Q12543) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +649 Paramount Theatre [New York City] (Q12543) Created claim: Note (P44): Theatre and cinema in the Paramuont Building. Built by Rapp & Rapp. Opened 19 Nov 1926 with the movie God Gave Me Twenty Cents and a stage show. 3664 seats. Closed 21 Feb 1966. The 1926 Wurlitzer organ was transferred to the Century II Center in Wichita, Kansas., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 BAM Rose Cinemas [New York City] (Q27334) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +941 BAM Rose Cinemas [New York City] (Q27334) Created claim: Note (P44): Main building of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), built 1906-1908. Opened in autumn 1908 with a series of opening events, including a performance of Gounod's opera Faust by the Metropolitan Opera Company. Later renamed BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building in honour of the real-estate businessman and philanthropist, Peter Jay Sharp. The building contains the Howard Gilman Opera House (2,109 seats, named after the philanthropist Howard Gilman) and BAM... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 James Earl Jones Theatre [New York City] (Q12593) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +667 James Earl Jones Theatre [New York City] (Q12593) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by Thomas W. Lamb for the impresario John Cort. Opened 20 Dec 1912 as Cort Theatre with J. Hartley Manners's play Peg o' My Heart. Sold to the Shubert Organization in 1927. 1082 seats. 2023 renamed James Earl Jones Theatre after the American actor, James Earl Jones (1931-)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Park Theatre [New York City, US] (Q27047) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +789 Park Theatre [New York City, US] (Q27047) Created claim: Note (P44): Built by J. B. McElfatrick & Sons, replacing a previous Brooklyn Park Theatre building on the site. Opened 27 Aug 1890 as Col. Sinn's New Park Theatre with W. S. Cleveland's Minstrel Show. From 1895, only known as Park Theatre. In November 1905 renamed Shubert Theatre (also known as Shubert Park Theatre or Shubert Theatre of Varieties). 1907 re-renamed Park Theatre. Destroyed by fire on 12 Nov 1908., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Capitol Theatre [New York City] (Q12626) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +546 Capitol Theatre [New York City] (Q12626) Created claim: Note (P44): Cinema and theatre, built by Thomas W. Lamb. Opened 24 Oct 1919. 4000 seats. Also known as Loew's Capitol Theatre. Closed 16 Sep 1968. Subsequently demolished., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Vivian Beaumont Theater [New York City] (Q11884) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +888 Vivian Beaumont Theater [New York City] (Q11884) Created claim: Note (P44): Part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Built by Eero Saarinen & Associates with collaborating designer Jo Mielziner. Opened 21 Oct 1965. Named in honour of the American actress and philanthropist, Vivian Beaumont (1885-1962) who helped fund the theatre. 1164 seats. 2012 amended by the Claire Tow Theater (by Hugh Hardy / H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture), a studio theatre with 112 seats sitting on the roof of Saarinen's building. Used... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Strand Theatre [New York City] (Q26276) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:50, 11 September 2025 diff hist +587 Strand Theatre [New York City] (Q26276) Created claim: Note (P44): Cinema, opened 11 Apr 1914 with the photoplay The Spoilers. Later renamed Mark Strand Theatre, Warner Theatre, Cinerama Theatre and RKO Warner Twin Theatre. Closed 8 Feb 1987. Subsequently demolished., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]